August 20, 2009

Cove Point Lighthouse

Cove Point Lighthouse was built in 1828 to guide mariners up and down the Chesapeake Bay. The first lighthouse keeper was paid $350/yr and was kept busy cleaning the lenses, trimming the wicks, and hauling whale oil up the steps to fuel the lamps every few hours, 24 hours a day. The intense smokeless lights could be seen for up to 15 miles.

It’s a bit tricky getting to this location, “NO” signs everywhere, the neighbors are highly suspicious so it’s impossible to park anywhere. I did have a big lie ready, (sorry God) about meeting a Realtor there to look at a house, I parked in front of a house with a “For Sale” sign. When I got to the lighthouse there were signs posted “No walking on Seawall or Rocks” so to get to the other side I had to wade in the water and walk on a few rocks (sorry again).

Wonderful image, fine sir. Not only the beautifully saturated colors, but you’ve managed to imbue an almost glowing softness that really adds to the mood. Amidst such beauty, the barbed wire chainlink fence is kind of a funny juxtaposition. Was this also an HDR or simply a heavily post-processed single image? It doesn’t seem like the kind of lighting situation that would require more than 1 or 2 exposures, but perhaps the HDR process helped produce the soft, dreamy colors?

The lighthouse is skewed. It takes 15 seconds in PS to fix this. This photo is no good.Doug, I apply lens correction and free transform alterations when the line in question is close to the edge of the frame and the primary intent of the image is “architecture.” Clearly, when these alterations are performed you give something else up in the way of distortions and pixel loss.

You must be very exact in your image processing, I’d like to see some, why don’t you share your website?

Doug, I apply lens correction and free transform alterations when the line in question is close to the edge of the frame and the primary intent of the image is “architecture.” Clearly, when these alterations are performed you give something else up in the way of distortions and pixel loss.

You must be very exact in your image processing, I’d like to see some, why don’t you share your website?